Related Words for yearn

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ache
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Verb, Noun
languish
/x
Noun, Verb
long
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Verb, Verb
yen
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Verb, Verb
pine
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Verb, Verb, Noun
crave
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Verb
seek
/
Verb
desiring
x/xx
Verb
aspire
x/
Verb
rediscover
xx/x
Verb
embrace
x/
Noun
attain
x/
Verb
relive
x/
Verb
come
/
Verb
cherish
/x
Verb
spurn
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Verb
weep
/
Verb
learn
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Verb
reminisce
xx/
Verb
embody
x/x
Verb
strive
/
Verb
savor
/x
Noun
feel
/
Verb
wanting
/x
Verb
discover
x/x
Verb
revel
/x
Noun
beckon
/x
Verb
look
/
Noun
evoke
x/
Verb
hearken
/x
Verb
recapture
x/x
Noun
delve
/
Verb
pursue
x/
Verb
clamoring
/xx
Verb
bask
/
Noun
fantasize
/xx
Verb
obtain
x/
Verb
perchance
x/
Adverb
indulge
x/
Verb
relish
/x
Noun
realize
/xx
Verb
cling
/
Verb
make
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Verb
profess
x/
Verb
conjure
/x
Verb
bring
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Verb
dwell
/
Verb
rekindle
x/x
Verb
grow
/
Verb
enjoy
x/
Verb
wishing
/x
Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
contemplate
/xx
Verb
recollect
xx/
Verb
venerate
/xx
Verb
turn
/
Noun
revisit
x/x
Verb
partake
x/
Verb
perceive
x/
Verb
endure
x/
Verb
thirsting
/x
Verb
need
/
Noun
rejoice
x/
Verb
gather
/x
Verb
ponder
/x
Verb
dare
/
Verb
implore
x/
Verb
take
/
Verb
cultivate
/xx
Verb
speak
/
Verb
return
x/
Noun
tend
/
Verb
recognize
/xx
Verb
find
/
Verb
accomplish
x/x
Verb
comprehend
xx/
Verb
earn
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Verb
entreat
x/
Verb
succumb
x/
Verb
exude
x/
Verb
intend
x/
Verb
meet
/
Verb
explore
x/
Verb
recreate
/xx
Verb
give
/
Verb
fulfill
x/
Verb
flee
/
Verb
possess
x/
Verb
desperately
/xxx
Adverb
compelled
x/
Verb
inspire
x/
Verb
receive
x/
Verb
reside
x/
Verb
inhabit
x/x
Verb
ruminate
/xx
Verb
thrive
/
Verb
live
/
Verb
converge
x/
Noun
escape
x/
Noun
linger
/x
Noun
grasp
/
Noun
wander
/x
Verb
emulate
/xx
Verb
shun
/
Noun
resent
x/
Verb
long for
/x
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
covet
/x
Verb
fiend
/
Noun
yawn
/
Noun
pant
/
Noun
groan
/
Noun
endeavor
x/x
Noun
lust
/
Noun
wanderlust
/xx
Noun
itch
/
Noun
envy
/x
Noun
elongate
x/x
Adjective
reach
/
Noun
yank
/
Noun
inflame
x/
Verb
tempt
/
Verb
starve
/
Verb
quarrel
/x
Noun
drool
/
Noun
yean
/
Noun
want out
//
Phrase, Verb
quest
/
Noun
strain
/
Noun
voyage
/x
Noun
heat
/
Noun
yield
/
Noun
keen
/
Adjective
await
x/
Verb
enquire
x/x
Verb
urge
/
Noun
gun for
//
Phrase, Verb
gasp
/
Noun
request
x/
Noun
quarry
/x
Noun
exhort
x/
Verb
demand
x/
Noun
wear out
//
Phrase, Verb
stretch
/
Noun
draw near
//
Phrase, Verb
tender
/x
Noun
lack
/
Noun
heave
/
Noun
soar
/
Verb
dream
/
Noun
bowels
/x
Noun
writhe
/
Verb
nostalgically
x/xx
Adverb
companionship
x/xx
Noun
hearts
/
Noun
ardently
/xx
Adverb
wholeness
/x
Noun
closeness
/x
Noun
immortality
xx/xx
Noun
deliverance
x/xx
Noun
advanced
x/
Adjective
aspiration
xx/x
Noun
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
ex
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
feelings
/x
Adjective
generations
xx/x
Adjective
luther
/x
Name
milton
/x
Name
moses
/x
Name
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
popes
/
Adjective
reigns
/
Noun, Verb
serve
/
Verb, Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
someone
/x
Noun
success
x/
Noun
suspect
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
yea
/
Noun, Adverb
years
/
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective